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Athena P~rurl
P.p~ mac SST, Pahi~;,. Wayueai'i 9678
l€onorable Mayor hIai~ iii ' ~ ~ ~ L'
Piawai'i Coxinty
25 Aiapugii Stg'~t
Hilo, 1°lae~i'i 96721 ; j .
lte: Gateway Shopping Center
l~car ldiayor ICim:
I a~ writing this letter to urge you to veto the Gateway Shopping Center aka'I'he Shipxn~. Sxabxarbanization flan
which will not ~xve die best interests of die people of this island for die following reasons:
Traffic Study M_~ths
T~espite all the anan~eanent coaasult~nt rhetoric regarding axxitid ixtnpaots to teak congestioo, history only
proves that these siiadies always xxxiderestixxxat~ projected figures axed aro tfeerefox useless. Consider the areos~
recent Kaaneheeha School ant~tsection on I~Tighway 11 where the tratlfic flov~r is already three tiancs grater than
the consultaait's traffic studies oa which the project was based.
Tho aaaxrOw foc~.s of ~C Shipman traffic plan is deliberately rTaislcadixag. The Kcaau bypass, v~hicli gars supposed
to tali®ve the K bottleneck during rash hours, leas proven to be ineffectaaal in smoothing trafl`iic flow betty
lower Pia and Kilo. Lower lea residea'?ts ~lgeady deal ®vith rush hoxar bottlenecks all the v~y back to Parise
Parkl The addition of the away Shoppan$ Ccrater will compound this problcrxx axiatay tixaxcs ®ver said appareaitly
is considered beyond die responsibility of Shaptnan developers and State tra4~°ic agencies siaice it is ~t evert
arieaitioned iaa the Shipariasa trio stiidiese `~lae Gate~may Sboppl' ~e~t~ w~ sh®ctly cre$t+~ ar~i ~gexxt n~cd
~'®r taxpayer fa~seds ~u;r-lame lil~rays all ~e way t®1Pah®a aid beyond.
F~the~ore, ~ the Pxana Coast meeting this xrionth, Shipi~xa representatives braaeaiiy stated that this shopping
center was intended inly for convenieaace rtiillc said ba~ead shoppers during rush hox~ tra~ac. T® cai~imit the
Coummty to supa°t flee inilt~3trrsacflaare iffipa aaaai gsopaalatl®~ density gemme~~ ®vea~ a ne3t8 ten years mat
'~rould be t by #lAi$ prro$eet for ~e s of c®nvexaieisct aBnoppbag is beyond #rdvolo~ attd boirde~ on
~~feasa~ces
'T`here is already a shopping cexttCi° ~ Kcaa~i said Shipman has access to all rho suxroundiaag land analog ~3'
ixi3proveanent to the eaxastaxAl; shopping center quite siariple and rise addifl®n ®f a seipereflamoa~s s~onxl sh®ppa~g
cater a lPU pr®fit driven parop®sa11 with ~o sod sosioeCO~®a~ie basis.
In conclusion, citizens have bases very vocal about Dear opposition to the Gateway Shopping Center, Adaluate
chaaages can nevex be rexade to the Cat~sray pleas, becaxxse flat 5hipanaag Stibttzbanization Project only serves
corporate greed, 7`his project is detariffienl ~ e ~fraastreact~e and ~e socioeeon® wife€~ ®f the!~a~eat
axx~j®~~ ®f c citizcixs wl$® ire h~re< 1Vl[~t iaxapor~xet, our gren~st resoxarce, the a~tue'al'b~8€ffy of amoral
arm ®f ~awai'i xmel ~ big tht~ed lxg 'ill-c®ncteved plae€.
Let xxs n®t forget the fate of old KeaaBa, a I~a~aian village transformed int atigly sxiburbaa juse like thousands of
others on the aaiainland. Ironically the only vestige of old lC~u that does rerxaain is a c~ Dal pomait, that
hangs oai rite ,malls of die Shipisiaei hoard Roovan. `T'he nostalgic picture is the Dal porkrait has sao~r been rcptaceci by
a 1vlacDaaaalds, a i~'ikawiki gays station and acres of asphalt jaxst like the maixeland.
At one with tlu Earth,
Athena Peanut Gary S~farik Counay Council I~~ I - ~
Cbris Yuen, Planning Tampa.
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